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Improving Behaviour in Schools. Guidance Report
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Rhodes, Igraine; Long, Michelle – Education Endowment Foundation, 2019
This Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) guidance report is designed to support senior leaders in primary and secondary schools to make better-informed decisions about their behaviour strategies. It includes a number of practical examples of programmes and approaches that should be helpful in schools and classrooms where behaviour is generally…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Best Practices
Manipulating Antecedent Conditions to Alter the Stimulus Control of Problem Behavior.
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Kennedy, Craig H. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
Antecedent conditions involving instructor's task demands and social comments were evaluated for three students with severe disabilities who exhibited problem behavior. An instructor emitted high rates of social comments and gradually faded in task demands. Social validity assessments indicated that substantial improvements were perceived in…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Communication
The Effects of a School-wide Behaviour Management Programme on Teachers' Use of Encouragement in the Classroom.
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Bain, Alan; And Others – Educational Studies, 1991
Discusses a study of the effects of a schoolwide behavior management program on Australian elementary school teachers' use of encouragement. Concludes that, although teacher encouragement of students increased during the program, encouragement levels reduced following the intervention's withdrawal. Calls for further research into the effects of…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
The Use of a Warning Procedure to Signal a More Intrusive Timeout Contingency.
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Twyman, Janet S.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1994
The effects of a warning procedure signaling exclusionary timeout as a consequence for inappropriate behavior during contingent observation timeout was evaluated with nine elementary students having emotional and behavioral disorders. The use of warnings was associated with a decrease in appropriate contingent observation timeout behaviors,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Contingency Management
An Evaluative Review of Approaches to Behaviour Problems in the Secondary School.
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Ogilvy, Carole M. – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1994
Maintains that the traditional approach to behavior problems in secondary schools has been reactive and largely negative. Reviews research on behavior intervention methods and preventative practices. Finds that reports on whole-school innovations are positive and considers practical implications for educational psychologists. (CFR)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques
Teacher Instructional Language and Negative Reinforcement: A Conceptual Framework for Working with Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.
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Harrison, Janet S.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1996
This article suggests that students with emotional/behavioral disorders may use disruptive behaviors to escape and avoid teacher instructional language for which they do not have comprehension skills and thus find aversive. Teacher instructional language thus maintains aberrant behavior through a negative reinforcement paradigm. Recommendations…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Communication